This is the moment a new passenger jet completed manoeuvres just 2,000ft above a residential neighbourhood during a test flight.

The new Airbus A321LR Neo was en route to Cardiff when it flew “so low you could see the pilot” according to concerned onlookers.

Some feared the £95m plane was going to crash as it performed a low flyover as part of an internal noise test in the sky above Bristol on Thursday.

The plane, which will not complete any commercial flights until the end of 2018, took off from Toulouse in France and passed over Bristol at around 2.30pm before heading to Cardiff.

In response to reports that some residents were “panicked” by the aircraft, an Airbus spokesman said the pilot flew over Filton as low as regulations would allow – which is approximately 2,000ft, Bristol Live reported .

The Airbus A321LR Neo was captured flying over north Bristol (Image: Adrian Lewis)